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Parkour + PvE
Of 43 developers who shipped a PvE Parkour game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 142 more are announced, ×5.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $750, ×1.2 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $160k, ×262 the market median. Revenue is up 2140% on the market; 142 games are announced against 26 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $748 (exactly $748) |
| Top 25% | $8.4k (exactly $8,392) |
| Top 5% | $165k (exactly $164,803) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 43 |
| Released games | 139 |
| Announced | 142 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
momentum: how a niche's revenue percentiles and developer count moved between two equal, adjacent periods, divided by the market's own move. See method., 12 months: revenue up 2140% on the market, supply 55% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 26%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Parkour, PvE; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, 3D Platformer, Platformer
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $16.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, First-Person, Funny
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $16.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 15,353 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 8 in 10 of the 23 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 142 games are announced against 26 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Parkour with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + Combat RacingFair
- + Precision PlatformerLong shot
- + MetroidvaniaPoor odds
- + SkateboardingPoor odds
- + SwordplayPoor odds
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
- + Dark FantasyPoor odds
- + ModernPoor odds
- + CatsPoor odds
- + DestructionPoor odds
- + StealthPoor odds
Comparable games
Dying Light 2015 · $280M 
White Knuckle 2025 · EA · $6.8M 
Survival Machine 2026 · $415k 
LONN 2022 · $181k 
Double Dragon Revive 2025 · $165k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Dying Light | older | $24.99 | 373,413 95% | 11M | $280M (exactly $279,947,726) | Techland |
| | White Knuckle | · EA | $16.99 | 13,356 98% | 401k | $6.8M (exactly $6,807,553) | Dark Machine Games |
| | Survival Machine | $19.99 | 692 69% | 21k | $415k (exactly $414,992) | Grape Pickers | |
| | LONN | older | $29.99 | 201 64% | 6.0k | $181k (exactly $180,840) | SixSense Studios |
| | Double Dragon Revive | $34.99 | 157 63% | 4.7k | $165k (exactly $164,803) | YUKE’S | |
 | Little Triangle | older | $9.99 | 409 88% | 12k | $123k (exactly $122,577) | Cotton Game |
 | Frog Sqwad 🐸 | $7.99 | 352 72% | 11k | $84k (exactly $84,374) | Panic Stations | |
 | Zombie Survival Game Online | · EA older | $9.99 | 276 67% | 8.3k | $83k (exactly $82,717) | Zombie Survival Game Online LLC |
 | CYBRID | · EA older | $14.99 | 139 89% | 4.2k | $63k (exactly $62,508) | Tom Reason |
 | 4Wheel Challenge | $3.99 | 409 57% | 12k | $49k (exactly $48,957) | LJ3D STUDIOS | |
 | CYBERMATRIX | $12.00 | 127 89% | 3.8k | $46k (exactly $45,720) | Tim Murich | |
 | Gunstoppable | $12.49 | 58 81% | 1.7k | $22k (exactly $21,733) | CAGE Studios | |
 | Puppet Team | $4.99 | 112 64% | 3.4k | $17k (exactly $16,766) | Editmode | |
 | How Asian Parents went to School | $4.99 | 70 62% | 2.1k | $10k (exactly $10,479) | Andy Yeet | |
 | Marrow Marrow | $13.99 | 20 100% | 600 | $8.4k (exactly $8,394) | Monster Moon |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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